The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-12-30
A NEW HOTEL.
Mr.. T, sAULPAUGH, 0f MEEBAP.
Oils, TO ERECT 4 FINE FOUR
STORY HOTEL IN MAEKATo.
To Be Located at the Corner Of Front and
Main Streets and First-cIass in all its
Appointments,
The Donation OF the Land all that
Is Asked---Disaription Of the
Building,

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The Donation OF the Land all that
Is Asked---Diseription of the
Ruliding
At last, after innumeTable delays and
an endless amount OF diekering, after
fair promises only TO end Il disappoint-
ment, after every arrangement had
been made and bopiis raised only to
be destroyed BY some unexpected cir
cumstance, Mankato can at last congrat-
ulate herself upon securing a direct
and plain proposition for the erection
of an elegant and costly hotel from
and willing to invest his money in the
city. Since early in the autumn the
Board OF Trade has had this scheme for
securing a hotel under consideration
and though disappointment has often
stared its members in the face, yet they
persisted in their efforts and as q result
to-day are able to present q proposition
to the citizens of Mankato which, IN lib
crafty, exceeds any ever before pre-
sented to them or any that is likely to
be ever open to them.
! 1t will be useless and tiresome to fol-
low the steps through which the Board,
working in secrecy, has secured this
boon for the city. Suffice to say that
Mr.. T. Saulpaugh, the owner of one OF
the stone quarries of the city and a
wealthy and influential gentleman,
whose residence is at Minneapolis, but
late of Rock Island, H., has offered to
construct fOur-story, and will probably
make it five-story, hotel on the corner
of Front and Main streets, just south of
the Minnesota river bridge. He prom
Uses to begin work in the early spring
and to build such hotel as will be a
credit to himself and to the city. AS he
says, he wishes to construct such one
as will put competition out of the ques
ton for fifteen years to come. His son,
Mr.. Clarence Saulpaugh, will manage
the hotel. Both gentlemen are well
and favorably known in this city and,
indeed, throughout the whole North
west. They are practical business men
with large means and will be an inval-
liable addition to our population.
THE PROPOSITION.
Several propositions have been pre-
scented to the Board of Trade, but
one was presented at this mornings
meeting from which all objectional
provisos were struck off 1t was pre-
sented as final proposition and the of
fer was only held open for the action of
the Board until the 10Th inst. 1t reads
as follows:
John C. Noe and Citizens of Mankato,
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| herewith hand you drawings show
ing floor plans of a hotel which pro-
pose to erect upon the northwest corner
of Front and Main streets in your city if
the citizens will donatelto me the land
upon which to erect the same and grade |
suitable driveway to grade back of the
hotel for at least 80 feet, running from
Nam street southwest. / will require
six full lots of twenty-five feet front each,
making frontage Of 1872 feet on Front
street, running from Main street south,
and the full depth of said lots 100 feet,
with twelve feet of Willard and Barney's
ley for the use of the public in general. |
The said land to be conveyed to me
free from all incumbrance and by a war
ranty deed, conveying perfect title.
| The hotel which ! hereby agree to
erect to be after the general plans shown
| in the drawings, and to contain at least
! 70 rooms, and as many more as | see lit
to add.
will commence the erection of said
hotel as soon as the frost is out of the
ground and the weather permits, and
will continue work as fast as practicable.
fyou require bond that will build
the hotel will give it to you. ! will
hold this offer open for definite action
by your citizens until the Goth day of
this month. Yours truly,
T. SAULPAUGH.
The Board of Trade discussed the
points thoroughly, and decided that it
was possible to comply with the require
ments. The following resolution was
unanimously adopted:
ResolUed, That the proposition of T.
Saulpaugh to this Board under date of
Dec. 20, 1887, be accepted, and that the
subscription necessary to secure the land
on which he proposes to erect a hotel.
Messrs. ]. F. Meagher, Stephen Lamm
and j. c. Wise were appointed COM
mittee to solicit subscriptions for the
amount needed to buy the land required.
They will soon make a canvass of the
business men, and there should be no
question of their being able to raise the
amount. In fact, they should be able to
do it in single day.
WHAT WILLARD AND BARNEY WILL DO.
Messrs. J. A. Willard and S. F. Bar
ney, the gentlemen who own the land
upon which it is proposed to erect the
hotel, have agreed to sell the six lots
and donate the twelve foot alley for the
sum of $4,000, about two-thirds of the
real value. Besides this they will each
subscribe 81 800 toward the bonus re-
quired to purchase the land, thus making
the sum actually required to be raised
$11 900. The adjacent property will be
benefited five times that amount, to say
the least. There is no doubt but that
the city will grade up the driveway in
the rear of the building, as asked in the
proposition. 1t will eventually have to
be done, and next year will be as good
time as any to do it.
THE BUILDING.
Fhs bHilding itself is to be four stery
brick with stone trimmings and of mod
ern architecture. 1t will very likely be
raised a story in the near future. twill
be l26 feet front and 100 feet deep. In
general plan it will almost exactly re.
semble the West Hotel, of Minneapolis.
The first floor will contain two story
rotunda in the center, 42x46, with glass
roof. The upper stories will be con-
structed so as to leave court in the
center, thus giving window light to all
of the rooms. The main entrance will
be in the center of the front, q feet
wide. and will open directly upon the
rotunda, in the rear of which will be
the office. There will also be a side en-
trance on Main street. There will be
four stores on Front street, two each
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